Winter Retreat in the Aures Mountains

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	The December Winter Retreat in the Aures Mountain range Training in Astrophotography and Telescope Handling

18-20 Dec - 2015
El-Kantara & Rhoufi: W. of Batna & Biskra

The Golden Shot at Rhoufi by Mohamed Aissa Moussa The starry night and the overarching Milky Way above the Rhoufi canyon

Pedagogical sessions
A session with Faycal Demri from the CRAAG on the use of telescopes.
The Rhoufi canyon with its troglodytic dwellings on the flanks of the mountain.	At El-Kantara down the Oued. It is considered to be the door of the Sahara.
Younes in action


Involving the local inhabitants to the observing sessions
The starry sky above the Rhoufi canyon from the Hotel (Picture Aziza).
At the Dechra el-Hamra next to the El-Kantara Canyon


At Sidi-Okba City named after the Muslim General Uqba ibn Nafi who died there along with many Sahaba
	At the Sidi Okba mausoleum

At the Rhoufi terraces in the Batna Wilaya

Kheiro photographing the group	Crossing the Oued (Anti gravity shoes?) ...
At the bottom of the Rhoufi canyon	At the Kherrata Canyon, above the old Roman bridge The astronomical camp at Kherrata with a nice starry sky (Picture Aziza)

A collective picture of the group.